2012 Men’s Basketball
Championship
PROVO, Utah — No. 7 Stanford took down No. 1 BYU in a 35-33, 25-23, 25-22 victory on Saturday night, enabling the Cardinal to complete a weekend two-match sweep of the Cougars.
Brad Lawson had eight of his match-high 14 kills in a marathon first set that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the match. Both teams combined to fight off 10 set points — BYU withstood seven and Stanford three — before a block by Lawson and Gus Ellis finished the job.
| TOP 25 SCORES |
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| No. 7 Stanford 3, No. 1 BYU 0 |
| No. 5 Penn State 3, Cal-Baptist 0 |
| No. 9 Ohio State 3, Mt. Union 0 |
| No. 14 Hawaii 3, No. 12 Pacific 0 |
The victory was the fifth consecutive in the series for Stanford, which completed its’ first road sweep of BYU after winning in four on Friday.
The victory moved Stanford (7-2 overall, 4-1 MPSF) past the Cougars (6-3, 4-2) and into second place in the MPSF behind UCLA (6-0).
There were 19 ties in the first set, and just as many in the second. This time it was Brian Cook who closed out the set, converting an attack on a sequence in which the ball crossed the net six times. Lawson covered an attack by Futi Tavana — Lawson’s second dig of the sequence — to set up Cook’s winner.
Four Stanford players finished in double figures in kills: Lawson, Steven Irvin (12), Eric Mochalski (11), and Cook (10). Ellis had seven blocks – five in the first set – and setter Evan Barry had 47 assists while passing the Cardinal to a .337 hitting percentage.
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